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We created a quiz-based intervention to help secondary school students in Cameroon with exam practice. We sent regularly-spaced, multiple-choice questions to students' own mobile devices and examined factors which influenced quiz participation. These quizzes were delivered via either SMS or WhatsApp per each student's preference. We conducted a 3-week deployment with 546 students at 3 schools during their month of independent study prior to their graduating exam. We found that participation...

This chapter focuses on how the professional development of teachers influences the teaching and learning process in schools.In the chapter, the experiences of Bojanala East District (North West Province) Life Sciences teachers with regard to the professional development support they received from the Department of Education and Training are explored.Subsequent to 1994, South African Life Sciences teachers were subjected to a plethora of educational policy reforms, all of which affected the...

Trees in agroforestry systems are potential sinks of atmospheric carbon (C) due to their fast growth, productivity, high and long-term biomass C stock.Soil under forest and agroforestry also plays a major role in global C sequestration.This study was initiated to assess woody species and soil C sequestration of traditional agroforestry practices.Three study sites (namely: Buriketu, Chire and Erba) were systematically selected based on the presence of traditional agroforestry practices.Forty...

Successful educational leadership entails possessing the knowledge, skills and understanding of effective leadership skills along with the personal ability to effectively implement those skills.In Zimbabwe the occupational and leadership status of women in general is still suffering a wide gap, as there is unequal representation in leadership positions between men and women.This study, conducted in a rural district in Zimbabwe, aimed at understanding the challenges facing women in school...

In the quest to identify challenges to students' educational performance, cross-sectional study was carried out on 350 randomly selected students of St. Kizito and Sivilie secondary schools in Navakholo Constituency.A social survey design using closed and open-ended questionnaires was used to gather data, which was analysed using descriptive statistics.Results showed that students' self-esteem is mainly negatively influenced by demeaning comments from both class teachers and parents.These...

Problems associated with manual school activities prompted an investigation into digitalization of secondary school activities in Ibadan metropolis secondary schools considering stakeholders' preparation vide available ICT facilities, administrators' and student' readiness with a survey sample of teachers and students that consisted of 600 respondents.Data collection instrument is "Digitalizing Secondary Schools Activities Questionnaire" (DSSAQ) with 'r'-0.80,0.78 for teachers' and students...

Incorporating Laboratory work and implementing in real context are different things.As one of community service Madda Walabu University gave training on practical skills for teachers by identifying the problems related to implication of laboratory work.The project title was "Awareness and Skill Training for natural science teachers in Secondary and preparatory School from 2013-2015G.C".Hence, the objective of this research was to analyze effect of training on the implementation laboratory...

The research investigated the effect of formative classroom assessment on students' achievement in junior secondary school Basic science in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.The study adopted a pre-test, posttest experimental design.The population of the study comprised all the public Junior Secondary School two (JSS II) students out of which 80 students were purposively sampled and used for the study.Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) was used for the pre-test and post-test.The...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the temporal trends of streamflow in the Lower Niger River Basin in Nigeria using Mann – Kendall (MK), Spearman’ rho (SP) and Thiel – Sen (TSA) non parametric tests at 5% of significant level. The effect of auto – correlation in the time series was eliminated using a Trend Free Pre – whitening (TFPW) approach .The results obtained show negative trends in annual maximum series and both deceasing and increasing trends in annual minimum series. The...

The study examined the impact of cooperative learning on achievement in BST among Junior Secondary School Students in Akwa Ibom State.Cooperative learning approach is an instructional strategy focusing on small groups working together to maximize their goals and learning capacities in BST.A sample of 180 students was selected for the study.Two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.The study revealed that the participants exposed to cooperative learning strategies performed...

The study focuses on integrating student-teachers' experiences of the teaching practice into the quality enhancement of the course on Curriculum and Teaching of French language at a university in Lesotho.It was noticed during the lesson observations that students' teachers who have registered for the course struggled to apply teaching methods learnt theoretically in practice.This called for immediate intervention in the form of research undertaking as the situation impacted on the quality of...

The climate change is increasing the frequent of droughts and sudden flooding.This research was aimed to assess the livestock induced farmers vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Sikkoo-Mandoo societies in selected zones of Oromia region.The study sites and thirteen key informants were purposive selected whereas 64 households were selected by stratified random sampling.Stratifying household in to two traditional agro ecology zones they were randomly selected from each...

The main purpose of this study was to explore the metacognition strategies used by learners in solving mathematics problems at a Government Secondary School in Western Province of Zambia.This study was a qualitative case study.The semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore metacognitive strategies pupils used inside and outside the classroom in terms of their teaching experience, active participation, problem solving contexts, corrective feedback utterances and thinking enrichment...

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 56, Issue 4 p. 22273B-22275A National Security NIGERIA: Military Base Stormed First published: 23 May 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2019.08843.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I...

The enactment of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 (DPDPA) is a watershed in the prolonged narrative on the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Nigeria.However, the provisions of the DPDPA, especially dealing with access to the environment or physical structures, fall short of global expectations, standards and international law and instruments.The strength and weaknesses of the Act therefore will be examined to ascertain if it...

Education has become an important social service, and its benefits are better reaped through quality of teachers who could improve performance of learners.However, in Ghana, before teachers gain experience they quit their profession, a behavior popularly known as attrition, now a global challenge.Attrition in Ghana dates back to President Nkrumah's era in the 60s, when His fee-free education attracted more children and consequently more teachers.However, conditions of service were un...